McAbney Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Scotland
Highest density in:
Scotland

McAbney Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

McAbney Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland321:167,3079,494
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales11:1,568,41619,290

McAbney Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McAbney Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name McAbney is more frequently found in Scotland than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of McAbney click here.

How Common Is The Last Name McAbney? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,323,005th most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 91 percent of McAbney are found; 91 percent are found in Northern Europe and 91 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most widely held in Scotland, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 167,307. In Scotland it is most frequent in: Glasgow City, where 47 percent live, Renfrewshire, where 28 percent live and South Lanarkshire, where 13 percent live. Aside from Scotland it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 14 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.

McAbney Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McAbney has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people bearing the McAbney last name rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mckabney9310/
McHabney932/
McCabney930/
McGavney8017/
Mckavney801/
McGobney801/
McCavney801/
McAwneey800/
McKeavney7532/
McKeaveney71116/
McCovney670/
McCowney670/
McEivney670/
McKeaveny631/
McKeavene631/
McCawness630/
Mjobne621/
Mkavne621/
McGowne57129/
McKowne5711/
McGovny573/
Mkavnyi572/
McCowne571/
M'Sabna571/
McGovne570/
Mc'gowne534/
McCownie530/
McCavnah530/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to McAbney
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